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Yukio Mishima, one of Japan's best writers of the 2oth century, was deeply attracted to the patriotism and martial spirit of Japan's past, which he contrasted unfavourably to the materialistic Westernized people and the prosperous society of Japan in the postwar era. Mishima himself was torn between these differing values. Although he maintained an essentially Western lifestyle in his private life and had a vast knowledge of Western culture, he raged against Japan's imitation of the West. He diligently developed the age-old Japanese arts of karate and kendo. He formed a controversial private army of about 80 students, the Tate no Kai (Shield Society), with the aim of preserving the Japanese ...
This 5000 word booklet describes what witnesses said they saw at a crash site in Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. It also describes the official explanation from the US Army and also an explanation pieced together from what witnesses and journalists think what might have possibly occurred. The events have been classified as Top Secret by the military and the general public has not been allowed to examine the debris from the wreckage. Were there bodies in the craft? Was it a craft? Was it proof of aliens visiting this planet? A lot of people think it was.The event added to the UFO hysteria that swept through the world. Fiction and non-fiction literature and science fiction inflamed the imaginatio...
In Illinois there are quite a few small cities, ranging in size from 100,000 to 500,000 population. They all have downtowns with some large buildings, some institutions of higher learning, outlying towns and farm areas, mass transit, a variety of recreation. Kankakee is such a place. The area is over 100,000 population, has beautiful homes and churches, up to date medical facilities, many restaurants and nightclubs, festivals, manufacturing centers, entertainment, a courthouse, business districts, even a daily newspaper and local radio stations. Also and interstate highway and railroad commuting. This book describes some of the history of Kankakee and also a lot of the present. Every city ha...
Child grooming is befriending and establishing an emotional connection with a child, and sometimes the family, to lower the child's inhibitions with the objective of sexual abuse. Child grooming is also regularly used to lure minors into various illicit businesses such as child trafficking, child prostitution, or the production of child pornography.This is a 5000 word booklet describing the practice of grooming and ensuing sexual abuse of teenage girls. A featured character here is a 21 year old woman who disguised herself as a 16 year old boy in person and on the internet and subsequently groomed over 50 girls and had sexual relations with some of them. She has been sentenced to 7 years in prison.
Robert Richards is retiring from teaching school in the United States. He is 43 years old and wants to try some daring new lifestyles. He joins an Asian Dating Site based in the Philippines. He falls in love with three women from that site and wants to keep all three. One of the women is Muslim and he decides that he will become a Muslim and convince the other two women to become Muslim and have a polygamous marriage with him and they will all live in the Muslim area in the Philippines.The story has very erotic moments both online and in person when he goes to the Philippines in Zamboanga to meet his loves in person. He is a vegan and the women become vegan to be in the relationship with Robert At first he was considering marrying one and bringing her to the US as is fiancée and then bride, but he finds he loves all three equally and works out a way to marry all three and live in an idyllic place with year round summer at Lanao del Sur on the island of Mindanao. There are some very erotic sections in this story.
Raisins and Roaches is the story of my two years of heavy addiction to crack. I didn't drink or smoke pot. I just wanted crack. I couldn't be trusted anymore and that was my big claim to fame, my trustworthiness with everyone. Raisins are the good guys in the crack world. They have little black faces like raisins visible under their big sports hats and jackets and they always have on expensive shoes. Those are real crack dealers. You are safe with them. They will protect you and also sell you high quality drugs. They control the lots and buildings where they work. They get you in and get you out. They get your money and you get packets of dope. Roaches are the creeps who prey on the customer...
Naomi "Omie" Wise was drowned by her lover in the waters of North Carolina's Deep River in 1807, and her murder has been remembered in ballad and story for well over two centuries. Mistakes, romanticization and misremembering have been injected into Naomi's biography over time, blurring the line between reality and fiction. The authors of this book, whose family has lived in the Deep River area since the 18th century, are descendants of many of the people who knew Naomi Wise or were involved in her murder investigation. This is the story of a young woman betrayed and how her death gave way to the folk traditions by which she is remembered today. The book sheds light on the plight of impoverished women in early America and details the fascinating inner workings of the Piedmont North Carolina Quaker community that cared for Naomi in her final years and kept her memory alive.
Geraldo Rivera is probably the best known television journalist of this generation. He has been active probably 50 years and has worked on most of the major news networks doing feature shows covering the main events going on. He has become friends with many of the important politicians and newsmakers including President Trump. His presence on a story seems to give it an instant credibility.This 10,000 word book covers the major aspects of his career as a journalist and also his prolific sex life. He claims to have made love with at least a thousand women and no doubt many were underlings who he took advantage of. During that time he was married 5 times and had 5 kids with the different wives. He tried to defend other entertainment figures such as Matt Lauer, Harvey Weinstein, and Charlie Rose when they were accused of sexual harassment. Also many of the tope executives at the television networks who also were accused of taking advantage of their positions for sexual procurement. Geraldo has been a one of a kind broadcaster and very popular and sought after for his commentaries.
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Radicalism and Music offers a convincing argument for music's transformational impact on the radicalization, reinforcement, and motivational techniques of violent political activists. It makes a case for the careful examination of music's roles in radical cultures, roles that have serious impacts, as evidenced by the actions of the Frankfurt Airport shooter Arid Uka, Sikh Temple murderer Wade Page, white supremacist Matthew Hale, and animal-rights activist Walter Bond, among others. Such cases bring up difficult questions about how those involved in radical groups can be stirred to feel or act under the influence of music. Radicalism and Music is based on interviews, email correspondence, co...